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14-448: The missile carries an underslung anti-submarine torpedo which it drops immediately above the suspected position of a submarine. The torpedo then proceeds to search and then home in on the submarine. In the case of the 85RU/URPK-5, the UGMT-1 torpedo is a multi-purpose torpedo and can be used against submarines as well as surface ships. The missile has been in operational service since 1968, but

28-531: A ship would still be in range of the submarine's torpedoes and missiles, and depth charges were less accurate than homing torpedoes. In 1963 the US Navy introduced ASROC , a missile that flew to the estimated position of the target submarine, and then dropped a torpedo into the water to destroy it. The SS-N-14 was the Soviet response. In 1993, an upgraded version, designated YP-85, with a range of 250 km (130 nmi),

42-580: Is a Soviet submarine-launched, nuclear-armed anti-submarine missile system, launched exclusively through 533-millimetre (21.0 in) torpedo tubes . The system was designed in Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR in the 1960s. Analogous to the SUBROC missile previously used by the US Navy , it is designed to be fired from a 533 mm torpedo tube. It is boosted by a choice of mechanisms depending on model before clearing

56-511: Is a standoff anti-submarine weapon , often a specialized variant of anti-ship missile . Anti-submarine missile usually include a jet or rocket engine and a warhead aimed directly at a submarine . In these missiles, a torpedo or a depth charge is used as a warhead. The anti-submarine missile can be either a cruise missile or a ballistic missile . Depth charges were the earliest weapons designed for use by ships against submerged submarines . These explosives were initially dropped as

70-676: Is no longer in production; it was superseded by the RPK-2 Viyuga (SS-N-15 'Starfish'). In the early 1960s the Soviet Union introduced the RBU-6000 and RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers, which worked on a similar principle to the Royal Navy 's Hedgehog system of the Second World War , propelling small depth charges up to 5,800 metres (6,300 yd) from a ship. However this meant that

84-592: The Slava , Kirov , Neustrashimy and Udaloy classes. The submarine-launched versions are used by the Akula , Oscar , Typhoon , Delta , Kilo , and Borei classes. However, the munition package used in either is identical and hence the ship-launched version is launched into the water and submerges before firing its engines. This article relating to missiles is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Anti-submarine missile An anti-submarine missile

98-593: The SS-N-16 'Stallion' at some point. 100 missiles are estimated to remain in service as of 2006. According to some unconfirmed reports, this missile has been used in combination with Tupolev Tu-143 Reys observation UAVs and Russian Tu-243 and Tu-300 derivatives, launched from BAZ-135MB truck launch platforms (originally planned for the Redoubt anti-ship missile complex to SS-N-3 Shaddock missile in coastal defense role, onboard infrastructure and general missile container inherited by

112-635: The 100 missiles stock left behind after by the successive withdrawal of the last Soviet-origin Kara-class cruisers and Krivak-class frigates in the near Russian Black Sea Fleet depots in Crimea, also by current upgrade of the Udaloy-class destroyers in the Russian service. RPK-2 Viyuga The RPK-2 Vyuga ( Russian : РПК-2 Вьюга , blizzard ; NATO reporting name : SS-N-15 Starfish ), also designated as 81R ,

126-630: The SS-N-9 Siren and the cited and Siren-derivate SS-N-14 Silex missiles) by pro-Russian separatist UAV units in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine since 2014, as a ground attack missile system. The adaptation includes replacement of originally used UGMT-1 multi-purpose torpedo and PLAB-100 naval depth-charge (variant of Soviet-Russian FAB-100 general-purpose aerial bomb) to FAB-50 or FAB-100, ZAB-50, ZAB-100, OFAB-50 or OFAB-100 and AO-50, AO-100 (twin 50 kg or single 100 kg unguided bombs). Due to

140-784: The anti-ship version URPK-5 Rastrub in 1976. The URPK-4 has been used With the first batch of the Udaloy -class destroyers ; the Udaloy II carries the SS-N-15 'Starfish'. The system was installed on the battlecruiser Admiral Ushakov (ex- Kirov ) but not on her sister ships . Of these the Krestas and Karas have been retired, along with most of the Krivaks and half the Udaloy s; the Kirov appears to have been upgraded to

154-463: The missile flew at approximately 400 m (1,300 ft) altitude, and when it was over the estimated position of the target submarine the missile was commanded to release the torpedo or depth charge. In anti-shipping mode the missile flies much lower, at 15 m (49 ft). The URPK-3 entered service in 1969 on the Kresta II and Kara classes of cruisers . The URPK-4 was introduced in 1973, and

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168-618: The ship moved over the presumed location of a submarine. Before World War II, shipboard sonar was unable to maintain contact with a submarine at close range. Various mortar -type projectors, including Hedgehog and Squid , were devised during World War II to allow a ship to maintain sonar contact while lobbing explosive charges toward the submarine. During the Cold War , missiles were developed to provide greater range with reduced recoil . Some missiles and rockets, such as Red Shark carry homing torpedoes to provide terminal guidance for

182-453: The water, firing a solid fuel rocket and delivering its payload up to 45 kilometres (28 mi) away. The payload ranges from a simple depth charge to a 200 kt nuclear depth bomb . The RPK-2 uses a 82R torpedo or 90R nuclear depth charge in the 533 mm version, and a 83R torpedo carrying or 86R nuclear depth charge in 650 mm version. Both submarine- and surface-launched versions exist. The surface-launched versions are used by

196-519: Was proposed for export. The missile is based on the P-120 Malakhit (NATO: SS-N-9 'Siren') anti-shipping missile. The missile itself is radio command guided and is powered by a solid fuel rocket motor. The later 'Rastrub' models of the weapon were "universal" carrying a UGMT-1 multi-purpose torpedo and in addition had 185 kg (408 lb) shaped charge warhead for use against ships guided by radio command and infrared seeker. In anti-submarine mode

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